On 6 January 1995, two journalists with the British Worldwide Television News (WTN) network were attacked by a group of Jewish settlers at Halamish, a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The camera crew was taking footage in the aftermath of an attack by Palestinian gunmen in which a woman was killed. The journalists […]
On 6 January 1995, two journalists with the British Worldwide
Television News (WTN) network were attacked by a group of Jewish
settlers at Halamish, a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank. The camera crew was taking footage in the aftermath of
an attack by Palestinian gunmen in which a woman was killed. The
journalists recognized right-wing extremist leader Pinhas
Wallerstein among the assailants.
At the same time, settlers stole a television camera belonging to
Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) cameraman Nidal Mansour. He
had set his camera on the ground while a soldier checked his
documents before allowing the crew to approach the scene. The
soldier prevented Mansour from giving chase and threatened him
with his weapon. Mansour filed a complaint against the soldier
and the settler (both unidentified) at the Ramallah police
station.
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